The Peace of Christmas EveDiplomatic and political background of the War of 1812, and the negotiations behind the Treaty of Ghent. Includes text of treaty. |
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... was alternately awash or thick with snow . Practical men , the Americans knew that no official word , good or bad , could be expected from the British before November and that when it came , no 36 THE PEACE OF CHRISTMAS EVE.
... was alternately awash or thick with snow . Practical men , the Americans knew that no official word , good or bad , could be expected from the British before November and that when it came , no 36 THE PEACE OF CHRISTMAS EVE.
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... expected to find from them , and I might say with as much as could have been expected by anyone . ” Where American “ can- dour " was more grating than refreshing , the British , said Goul- burn , behaved in a manner that was polite and ...
... expected to find from them , and I might say with as much as could have been expected by anyone . ” Where American “ can- dour " was more grating than refreshing , the British , said Goul- burn , behaved in a manner that was polite and ...
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... expected to abandon her allies to a more powerful enemy , and the least that could be expected on the part of the American commission- ers was agreement to a provisional article , " without which the negotiation could not proceed ...
... expected to abandon her allies to a more powerful enemy , and the least that could be expected on the part of the American commission- ers was agreement to a provisional article , " without which the negotiation could not proceed ...
Contents
THE WAGES OF WAR AND THE PROMISE OF MEDIATION | 3 |
THE EMPERORS COURT | 25 |
A TANGLED WEB | 43 |
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